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Watching James Hill and Van Hecke shaking hands. Remembering happier times when we were a proving ground for exceptional talent. Cashin isn’t going to replace Van Hecke and Dunk. He shouldn’t have replaced Pratt. An 18 year old scores an overhead kick for Brighton. If you are good enough you are old enough.

Drongos.

Was Carter off injured or as a half time swap to manage his minutes? I can only see that he came off in the 46th minute according to livescore.com, dunno if that's after a minute of ET or the first minute of the second. From 1 up to a 4 goal capitulation second half. Looks like swapping Carter out for McIlroy caused problems. Nosegbe got on the pitch for Pitt in the 87th minute, and we conceded the final goal a minute later (after also conceding a minute before he came on).

Assume he's counting Garrett as another

To be fair Blackburn played six lads who were at school (u16) in second half.

Raya (Esp) Henchoz (Swiss) Nelsen (Nzl) Samba (Congo) MGP (Norway) Emerton (Aus) Tugay (Turkey) Berkovic (Israel) Roque (Paraguay) Benni (SA)

He hasn't played 90 minutes in any champions league games. Most he's played is 69 mins against Sturm Graz but that was in August....he got 20 odd minutes against Dortmund early December. Played 70 odd minutes in a friendly last week days before he signed though.

Who are the 13? Now Alebiosu is back. Gudjohnsen, Miroshita, Miller, Carter, Wharton, Montgomery, Litherland, Hedges, Pears. Kargbo and Tavares too although neither is remotely useful. Who are the 2 I have missed?

Val says it's because we're a possession based team. Passing it forward risks losing possession, and we can't have that as they can't put "kept more possession" in the data on the end of year Powerpoint.

Another long trip and another ground on which results have been mixed to say the least. Once again, travelling down in hope of a point and I think there is more chance of that here than at Ipswich. As for team selection - that's anyone's guess. However, I think the experience of Pickering and Ribeiro ought to be used more at the moment. Would be happy to see Pratt back in the team but I suspect Cashin plays because of the loan terms.

A few of these are possibly harsh, but it's a challenge when you have restrictions on nationality. Wahlstedt Miller Duffy Daily De Neve Petrovic Goulon Etuhu Chris Brown Rigters Edinho

Jorgenson won't start because he doesn't know the system. Mainly because he is a striker and the rest of the team don't know how to pass to one of those

Only difference imo was Hanley was 6' plus but otherwise he was brainless as well and a liability at times but at least he was a tough lump with presence.

Yea he has got to start.

Friedel Alebiosu Nelsen Samba Neill Tugay Ferguson Bohinen Duff Bellamy Shearer

Carter off and 4 goals conceded. Reading hadn't won a game all season

Rare picture of him apparently making a save there. Must be AI.

Toth is a league above Pears, who was a league above Wahlstedt.

Inspired by the sister forum, I thought we were also due a thread on migrants activity in Blackburn. On that basis, the rules are below: Blackburn Rovers best 11, but you can only have 1 player from each country. E.g. no Neil and Emerton! I have taken inspiration from Big Val and gone for a 5-2-3. Showing my generation, and putting some faith in the engine of some players.. Raya (ESP) Emerton (AUS) Samba (CON) Nelson (NZL) Givet (FRA) MGP (NOR) Tugay (TUR) Jermaine Jones (USA) Duff (ROI) Shearer (ENG) Bellamy (WAL) As a bonus round, I'd also like to see the worst XI

Can’t believe we got a million for him. Absolutely woeful.

He needs 90 minutes, to show what he can do.

It’ll be heartening to us all when we’re relegated that we would have won the ‘hard done by’ league.

Rosenborg look to be signing Wahlstedt from AGF for €500k. Making a loss on the €1m they paid Rovers.

They've been swapped and changed about that much Itheir styles are all merging and we're getting this hotchpotch system were people haven't got a scooby what system/style they are meant to be playing

Agreed, some of the best away performances came form playing that way with more of a press and then counter type style whilst trying to keep possession for periods as well. This all out relentless press that hes switched too just isn't working for a number of reasons. Get back to using the ball and playing a bit of football with the help of a better suited system with players doing what they can manage. It's becoming as daft as JDT's relentless total football from your own penalty area. But whilst it isn't as wide open at the back it is creating nothing whatsoever up top.